... . By Nora Kent. pviacaonaia as. oa.j A vigorous story of two women friends, set in Westmorland and Hastings. This writer- knows her background and is determined that the reader shall know her characters. ...

... OUR BOOKSHELF Rupert Croft-Cooke OUR REVIEWER'S CHOICE THE MILITARY ORCHID.-- Someone is bound to say of this captivating book that the writing itself has an orchidaceous quality, and the criticism will be nearly true. At times there is a liveliness of colouring, a feathery and exotic delicacy in Mr. Brooke's prose, which might have come from long contemplation of the flowers he loves. JLne ...

... OUR BOOKSHELF Rupert Croft-Cooke OUR REVIEWER'S CHOICE THE LOVED ONE. By Evelyn Waugh. Chapman and Hall 7s. 6 d.) MR. HUFFAM AND OTHER STORIES. By Hugh Walpole. (Macmillans 8s. 6 d.) TAKEN AT THE FLOOD. By Agatha Christie. Collins Crime Club 8s. 6 d.) TIME WAS AWAY. E 5y Alan Ross and John Minton. (i Lehmann 21s.) by young writers who wish to make their work neatly human and saleable to the ...

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... By Collie Knox WHO is Celia? What is she? That all her fans adore her? Seventeen years ago a slender and ethereal-looking young woman, tip-tilted of nose and with big, questioning eyes, strolled on to the stage of the Playhouse Theatre, in London, spoke her opening lines as Doris Lea in 'Cynara,' and awakened every dramatic critic in the stalls. More, she made them cry, She made me cry. She ...

... . Edited by Sir James Marchant. (Odhams ios. 6d.) Professor Gilbert Murray has written the Introduction to this collection of wise and readable essays by elderly men distinguished in various professions. Dean Inge, Bertrand Russell, Bernard Darwin, Sir Seymour Hicks, rather Martindale and Admiral of the Fleet I°rd Chatfield are a few of the twenty-five contributors. Scarcely one who has not ...

... . By Ruari McLean, Sir John Tenniel. By Frances Sarzano. Richard Doyle. By Daria Hambourg. (Art and Technics 8s. 6d. each.) The first three volumes in a series English Masters of Black-and-White. Each has an able commentary on the artist's life and work, and each is quite prodigally illustrated. ...

... . By John Brophy. (Harrap 15s.) The fortunate publisher, reads the blurb, has no need to write up John Brophy. This reviewer is no less fortunate. BOOKS IN BRIEF. ...

... . By Mariorie Coryn. (Hodder and Stoughton 9s. 6d.) Napoleonic episodes in the form of a novel. Talleyrand and Barras as characters. Napoleon apostrophises Ah, women Women There 's 110 keeping them out of anything. But the dialogue isn't all as silly as that. ...

... . By Freda Derrick. (Chapman and Hall 9s. 6d.) A fascinating subject dealt with by a writer who introduces whimsical bits of autobiography. The illustrations are more informative than the text. ...

... A LA CARTE IT is a handsome menu-- and, thank heaven, we are not fussed about by too many cooks. Indeed, there are only four names at the head of the Savoy programme: Book and lyrics, Alan Melville; Music, Charles Zwar; Production, Norman Marshall; Décor, dresses, dances, William Chappell. Here is a change from the monstrous regiment of authors, lyrists, composers, choreographers, designers, ...

... BOOKS IN BRIEF Lucy Walter, Wife or Mistress. By Lord George Scott. (Harrap 12s. 6d.) After the thundering rhetoric of the Preface (which opens Having for many years felt rightful indignation at the cruel calumnies which have continually been heaped upon the moral character of my ancestress it is surprising to find that this is a scholarly and persuasive book. Bridge to Brooklyn. ft By Albert ...